"This shift we announced today is fundamental. We are [moving] our center [power] point for all our [laptop and mainstream desktop designs] from the 30-40 watts to approximately 15. [Of course] we will still build [processors] that scale up the range, but our [focus] will be on ultramobility."

Unsurprisingly, Otellini also emphasized that Intel remained wedded to x86 architecture and had little interest in licensing RISC-based ARM processors for mobile devices.

"[Sure], we have an ARM architecture license. [But] we have no intention to use [it] again to build [a RISC-powered] chip. There's [just] no advantage, because we'd be beholden to someone else. [Plus], we would pay royalties to them and lower the overall profits. I think we can do better.

"[Really], the most important thing for us is to figure out how to [make money] and how to be [in the market]. And we think the best way to [do that] is by designing best-of-class x86 chips."